Dance

For 40 years, across a shifting political climate for artists in his native Russia, the defiantly controversial choreographer Boris Eifman has created “works that hinge on extreme theatricality, acrobatic pas de deux, and spectacular effects” (The New Yorker) for his St. Petersburg company. In Eifman’s productions, the costumes are sumptuous, the dancing is exquisite, and the drama is riveting—here, the company dances a brand-new ballet inspired by Greek myth Pygmalion, set to a score by Johan Strauss, Jr. “...this Russian dancemaker and his dancers are among the most fascinating artists before the public today”(San Francisco Chronicle).